Diagnostic Methods of Helicobacter pylori Infection for Epidemiological Studies: Critical Importance of Indirect Test Validation

BioMed Research International

Volumn 2016, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Miftahussurur, Muhammad ^a,b   Yamaoka, Yoshio ^a,c  

^a OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b AIRLANGGA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; UREA; UREASE;

DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; GOLD STANDARD; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; RAPID UREASE TEST; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; UREA BREATH TEST; URINALYSIS; BREATH ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FECES; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BREATH TESTS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FECES; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; UREA; UREASE;

EID: 84958568971     PISSN: 23146133     EISSN: 23146141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2016/4819423     Document Type: Review

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